FIFTH GENERATION

30. Andrew Sinamark ^(103)(104) was born on 9 Jan 1821 in Denmark.^{(105) (106)} He immigrated on 13 May 1859 to to New York City through to Utah.^{(105) (107)} Anders Sorenson, his wife Karen M., and daughter Anna M. are on the passenger list of the ship "William Tapscott" which arrived in New York City from Liverpool on May 13, 1859. Anders was listed as a 38 year old male laborer, Karen as a 36 year old female wife, and Anna as a 3 year old female.

Anders Sorensen and family were members of Capt. George Rowley's Handcart Company which arrived in Great Salt Lake City on September 4, 1859. He died on 12 Jul 1902 in Fremont, Nebraska.^{(108) (109)} Mr. Sinamark died in his home. He was buried on 16 Jul 1902 in Fremont, Nebraska. ⁽¹¹⁰⁾ Anders is buried in Bluffs Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery, northwest of Fremont. Rev. Lund of the Swedish Lutheran church of Fremont conducted the services. Also known as Anders Sö.

[excerpts from family history, personal correspondence from Vita Jensen]
Mormon Missionaries encouraged Andrew and Karen Sinamark (who had changed their name from Sorensen) to journey to the promised land in the spring of 1859. The Sinamarks departed from Vrensted Parish (near Hjolling), Denmark, for New York by way of Liverpool. Upon reaching N. York, the iron rail took them to Missouri, and a stern wheeler deposited them at Florence (now a part of Omaha) Nebr. Andrew and Karen and one or two daughters were part of a land cart company of 233 people leaving Florence for Salt Lake City in June 1859. It took them until Sept. to push their worldly goods to Utah. Two children were born to Andrew & Karen in Utah. One was my grandmother, Mary Ann. The Utah territory was far from paradise in the 1860s. There were rumors of a Mormon rebellion. Chief Black Hawk began raiding Mormon communities. In 1866 the Sinamark family made the long trip eastward. Fearing for their lives, they departed under the cover of darkness via ox team. They got lost, ran out of food & water, and a child was born on the way. They settled in Dodge County, Nebr.

Although the spelling Sinamark is used in the 1870 and 1880 census, newspaper accounts also used the spelling Sinnemark. The gravestone of Andrew and Karen use the spelling Sö.

Members of the Sinamark family often stated they left Utah so that their daughters would not have to become someone's second or third wife at a young age.

The 1870 Nebraska census (Dodge County, Maple precint) listed the value of the Sinamark farm as $1,000 and the value of their personal effects as $600. These values were typical, although probably somewhat below average.

The Sinamarks completed their homestead on May 1, 1875. County documents attest to a name change, as on June 16, 1879, the Sorrenson's (note variant spelling) sold their real estate to themselves (Andrew Sinamark) in order to get the property under the Sinamark name.

31. Karen Marie Jensen was born on 9 Oct 1822 in Denmark.^{(105) (111)(112)} She immigrated on 13 May 1859 to to New York City through to Utah. ⁽¹⁰⁵⁾ She died on 29 Mar 1893 in Fremont, Nebraska.^{(113) (114)(115)} Caroline died at 11:00 p.m. from a stroke of paralysis, surviving only a few hours after the attack. The death record lists her as Karen Marie Sondermark. She was buried on 31 Mar 1893 in Fremont, Nebraska.⁽¹¹⁶⁾ The funeral services were held in her residence about seven miles north of Fremont. A very large concourse of people attended; there being fifty-six wagons in the procession which followed the remains to their resting place in the cemetery at Bluffs Trinity Lutheran Church (then the Danish Lutheran Church). The deceased was well known and greatly respected, having been a resident of Dodge county, Nebraska, for thirty years. The maiden name Jensen comes from a marriage record of her son James. Children were:

i. Anna Maria Sinamark⁽¹¹⁷⁾ was born in 1855 in Denmark.⁽¹⁰⁵⁾ She immigrated on 13 May 1859 to to New York City through to Utah.⁽¹⁰⁵⁾ Born Sorensen, her family changed their last name to Sinamark. A variant spelling on her marriage certificate in Senemark.
ii. Andrew Sinamark^{(118) (51)} was born on 13 Oct 1860 in Epharim, Utah. He died on 2 Apr 1931. Andrew managed the Farmers Union Coop. Association business in Nickerson in 1915. He (I hope its this one), of Fremont, succeeded Peter Christiansen as manager of Farmers Elevator in Blair in 1917.

In 1894 they moved to Howells. In 1896 they moved to Able. In 1898 they returned to Howells. They moved to Linnwood in 1902 (or so). In 1904 (or so) they moved to Goehner. In 1910 they moved to Nickerson. In 1915 they moved to Scribner. In 1917 they moved to Blair. In 1919 they moved to North Bend. In 1921 Andrew retired and moved to Lincoln. There they lived at 861 South Twenty Seventh Street. Andrew was custodian of Elm Park Methodist Church and a school crossing guard.
iii. James Sinamark was born on 19 Mar 1863 in Utah. ⁽¹¹⁹⁾ He died on 17 May 1915 in Fremont, Nebraska. ⁽¹²⁰⁾ He was buried on 20 May 1915 in Fremont, Nebraska. ⁽¹²¹⁾ James is buried in Bluffs Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery, northwest of Fremont. In the church's death record he is listed as Jens Sö. When three children were baptized at the same time in 1901, the parents were listed as Jens Sinamark and Inger Marie.
James had a farm of about 65 acres two miles directly east of Bluffs Trinity Church, in the south half of the southwest quadrant of section 20 of Nickerson township in Dodge County, Nebraska. The 1900 census of Nickerson Township shows that James' widoed father Andrew lived with them.
15 iv. Marianna Sinamark.

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